Flight into security: A new approach and measure of the authoritarian personality

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 275-298

  Oesterreich, Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Child development; Insecurity; New measure of the authoritarian personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 16644391960     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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